October corrected.pmd - Fort Hood - U.S. Army
October corrected.pmd - Fort Hood - U.S. Army
October corrected.pmd - Fort Hood - U.S. Army
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By Lt. Col. Gregory Reilly<br />
Tiger Squadron Commander<br />
TIGER SQUADRON<br />
<strong>October</strong> in Iraq for Tiger Squadron is a time of transition<br />
for many reasons, transition from summer to autumn,<br />
transition to the political period in Iraq, and transition<br />
into the last third of our deployment in support<br />
of Operation Iraqi Freedom.<br />
The Squadron was instrumental to improving security<br />
in Tal Afar and across the remainder of northwestern<br />
Iraq.<br />
The Squadron conducted over 45 combat operations<br />
during the last 30 days, resulting in 310 insurgents being<br />
captured and numerous weapons caches being<br />
found.<br />
We conducted operations in places called<br />
Mahalabiyia, Tal Afar, Bi’aj, Sinjar, Rabiyah, Al<br />
Hussein and Dohola.<br />
I am confident that no other unit in Iraq has been<br />
stretched as far, worked so hard, or been challenged in<br />
so many different ways as<br />
Tiger Squadron during the<br />
last 45 days.<br />
Every member of the<br />
Squadron has been working<br />
at an incredible pace, sustaining<br />
a remarkable tempo<br />
in order to improve security<br />
in Iraq and set conditions<br />
for successful elections on<br />
the Constitutional Referendum.<br />
The aggressiveness, last 45 days.<br />
skill, and flexibility of the<br />
Squadron continue to be<br />
tested as we conduct splitbased<br />
operations from multiple<br />
locations.<br />
Our Cavalry troops continue to successfully interdict<br />
those who illegally cross the Iraqi/Syrian border.<br />
It is important to stop all those smuggling and crossing<br />
into Iraq from Syria as many of them are also involved<br />
in smuggling weapons and foreign fighters.<br />
Our forces work together with the Iraqi Border Defenses<br />
and the Iraqi <strong>Army</strong> when conducting surveillance<br />
of the border in order to train Iraqi forces to conduct<br />
this mission once our forces redeploy.<br />
Apache Troop, Bandit Troop, and Crazyhorse Troop<br />
have been very busy training Iraqi security forces and<br />
concurrently conducting operations in Tal Afar.<br />
Their leaders and Soldiers consistently demonstrate<br />
that there are no better units in the Regiment at executing<br />
counter insurgency operations.<br />
Dragon Company continues to conduct operations<br />
in Tal Afar, masterfully securing key roads so that all<br />
forces can move around safely.<br />
See TIGER, Page 14<br />
I am confident that no other unit in Iraq has<br />
been stretched as far, worked so<br />
hard, or been challenged in so many different<br />
ways as Tiger Squadron during the<br />
THE MOUNTED RIFLEMAN/OCTOBER 05 12
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